Western Unglazed Teawares
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:45 pm
Didn't see a thread for generalized western unglazed wares, so I decided to make one! I figure there's lots of varied one-off art pottery pieces who's creators probably don't each deserve their own thread. I'll start off with a buff/yellow stoneware teapot made after Anderson Ranch Arts Center, which is a Colorado workshop with a noted ceramics studio. It seems to be consciously emulating Yixing ware. An interesting feature is how it eschews the typical hole in the lid - normally there to allow steam to vent so as to prevent the creation of a vacuum inside the filled teapot and hinder smooth pouring dynamics - in favor of a hole in the body that leads out to the top of the handle. No artist is given other than the initials "SK".